Slitherine

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:19 pm**

Battle of Crocus Field

Subsequent events are unclear, but a battle was fought between the Macedonians and the Phocians, probably as Philip tried to prevent the Phocians uniting forces with the Pheraeans, and crucially, before the Athenians had arrived. According to Diodorus, the two armies met on a large plain near the sea, probably in the vicinity of Pagasae.

The 'Crocus Field' in Thessaly matches this description, and the battle is therefore now known as the Battle of Crocus Field; however, this plain is so large that firmly identifying the battle-site has proved impossible.
Philip sent his men into battle wearing crown of laurel, the symbol of the Apollo; "as if he was the avenger...of sacrilege, and he proceeded to battle under the leadership, as it were, of the god”

Some of the Phocian mercenaries supposedly threw down their arms, panged by their guilty consciences. In the ensuing battle, the bloodiest recorded in ancient Greek history, Philip won a decisive victory against the Phocians. The battle seems to have been won by superior numbers and valour of Philip's cavalry.

Fleeing from defeat, the Phocians ran to the sea, where Chares's fleet had arrived during the battle, but many men were killed during the pursuit, or drowned as they tried to reach the ships. In total, 6,000 Phocian troops had been killed including Onormarchos, and another 3000 taken prisoner.

Onomarchos was either hanged or crucified and the other prisoners drowned, as ritual demanded for temple-robbers.These punishments were designed to deny the defeated an honourable burial; Philip thus continued to present himself as the pious avenger of the sacrilege committed by the Phocians.

Buckler states that: "Nor should one automatically assume that a mass-drowning...would shock the Greek world. Even the mild-tempered Isocrates felt that the Phocian mercenaries were better off dead than alive...Dreadful indeed was the punishment, but it was entirely consistent with Philip's role as Apollo's champion".

Taken from Wikipedia

For a full and interesting account of the times go to...
Wikipedia ...

Draw brought forward...start when ready

Crocus Field.....Round 4
Archie vs tofman04
razorback77 vs iandavidsmith
Ferb vs Lysimachos
Arminius vs massina_nz
TheGrayMouser vs batesmotel
Jonno vs Trarius
deeter vs davouthojo
Morbio vs pantherboy

Good Luck...

Would like to close by 26th August, either side can set-up (paired games).
FOG... on
double moves... on

Posted: **Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:20 pm**

Roll of Honour:

1)Marathon 490BC..1St....Morbio...........71% ........Joint 2nd Deeter & Pantherboy 61%
2)Akragas 406BC...1St.....Davouthojo..100%....2nd...Pantherboy..77%....3rd...Morbio.........65%
3)Gaugamela 331BC 1St...Deeter...........67%....2nd...Pantherboy..64%....3rd...Davouthojo..58%

.........................................................League
Marathon.. Akragas...Gaugamela......Position
61%..........93% .........64%..pantherboy.......3.....73%
26%........100% .........58%..davouthojo.......3......61%
71%..........59% .........-6%...Morbio..............3......41%
61%.........-26% .........67%..deeter...............3......34%
52%..........44% .........30%..batesmotel........3......30%
35%..........30% .........25%..Triarius..............3.....30%
58%..........-7% ..........n/a....massina_nz.......2......26%
26%..........30% ..........17%..jonno................3......24%
16%..........30% ..........25%..TheGrayMouser.3......24%
35%............0% ..........27%..Arminius...........3......21%
n/a............41% ..........-4%..Lysimachos.......2.......19%
55%..........-4% ............1%..Ferb..................3.......17%
45%...........4% ...........-1%..iandavidsmith...3.......16%
29%............0% ..........11%..razorback77.....3.......13%
29%...........-7% ..........-1%..tofman04..........3.........7%
-13%...........0% ............?.....petergarnett.....2(3)...-7%
-6%..........-15% ............?.....Archie...............2(3).-11%

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:09 pm**

Draw brought forward...start when ready

Crocus Field.....Round 4
Archie vs tofman04
razorback77 vs iandavidsmith
Ferb vs Lysimachos
Arminius vs massina_nz
TheGrayMouser vs batesmotel
Jonno vs Trarius
deeter vs davouthojo
Morbio vs pantherboy

Good Luck...

Would like to close by 26th August, either side can set-up (paired games).
FOG... on
double moves... on

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:39 pm**

Archie vs tofman04

Game posted password: arch

Posted: **Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:30 pm**

Ferb vs Lysimachos

Challenge posted pw ferb

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:12 am**

Hi, can anyone post the files for this game somewhere for me to download them? Unfortunately this is not a RoR scenario so I don't have access to it

My final game is against Pantherboy, so it may be a blessing if no one can post it

Thanks,
Mobio

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:21 pm**

Do you need an open game posted?...

Posted a challenge for you PW:morb

Hope that helps

Posted: **Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:42 pm**

Results for Ferb vs Lysimachos

Phokians (Ferb) 20/20 vs. Macedonians (Lysimachos) 8/20
Macedonians (Ferb) 8/20 vs. Phokians (Lysimachos) 20/20

A dead heat! Thanks for the games, Lysimachos.

Ferb

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:06 am**

Archie wrote:Do you need an open game posted?...

Posted a challenge for you PW:morb

Hope that helps

No, I need the 3 files to install so I can accept and play the battles.

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:40 am**

Results for Massina_nz vs Arminius

Phokians (Massina_nz) 23/20 vs. Macedonians (Arminius) 12/20
Macedonians (Massina_nz) 4/20 vs. Phokians (Arminius) 21/20

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:56 pm**

results for razorback77 vs iandavidsmith

Phokians (razorback77) 23/20 vs. Macedonians (iandavidsmith) 6/20
Macedonians (razorback77) 1/20 vs. Phokians (iandavidsmith) 22/20

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:46 pm**

Is it possible to enter in these games?

tks

Posted: **Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:37 pm**

The GrayMouser(Phokian) 20/20 - batesmotel(Macedonian) 11/20
The GrayMouser(Macedonian) 18/20 - batesmotel(Phokian) 26/20

Chris

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:10 am**

Fedem

Is it possible to enter in these games?

tks

We try to get you matched up in the next round...

Regards

Archie

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:48 pm**

tofman04 (Macedonians) 8/20 vs Archie (Phokians) 20/20
tofman04 (Phokians) 20/20 vs Archie (Macedonians) 12/20

Good games. Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:28 pm**

Archie wrote:
Fedem

Is it possible to enter in these games?

tks
We try to get you matched up in the next round...

Regards

Archie

Thanks Archie.

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:03 am**

pantherboy (Phokian) 20/20 - Morbio (Macedonian) 17/20
pantherboy (Macedonian) 2 /20 - Morbio (Phokian) 24/20

Chris

Posted: **Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:56 pm**

davouthojo (Phokian) 22/20 - Deeter (Macedonian) 3/20
davouthojo (Macedonian) 3/20 - Deeter (Phokian) 21/20

I think when you look across all the results, it will show that it was hard to shine in this scenario - not much scope for good generalship with no terrain and very little room to manoevre. Just slam the lines together and hope your Phokians get good dice....which ours didn't.

Archie, are you open to player input on scenarios?

If so, can I kick this off with 2 chronological suggestions:
Paraitacene - Room to manoevre, some terrain, enough force variations....not to mention the Elite Pikemen

Lautulae - Samnites vs Early Romans...very different forces, terrain could make a big difference

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:12 am**

Archie, are you open to player input on scenarios?

Yes... welcome suggestions, perhaps everbody should elect three scenarios... from a timeline, such as 490BC-310BC... then we pick up the most voted.

Any veiws...

Posted: **Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:49 am**

I don't know the scenarios well enough to say which would be better. But I'm happy to play any you choose.

Peter

Slitherine

Crocus Plain 353BC (FPSC game 4)

Crocus Plain 353BC (FPSC game 4)